*A high-intensified beam crossed the room, filling the cabin with blinding blue light.*
*The walls shook violently.*
*Glasses shattered.*


The muffins on the table started melting into glowing blue liquid.


'NADE, YOU HAVE TO REMOVE THAT FROM HER!' — Uke shouted
'UKEKO STOP THAT!' — Nade yelled
'Shit shit shit, WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!' — Nade panicking


Ukeko’s body suddenly froze.
Every muscle locked in place.
Then,
*CRACK*


Her arm bent backwards unnaturally.


- 'U-Uke...' - Ukeko whispered weakly
- 'Why does my body feel so heavy..?'


Blue veins spread across her skin.
Her joints started separating.
Floating, rotating.


Perfectly aligned spheres forming around her limbs.
Uke’s face turned pale.


- 'The Bluebash catalyst...' - Uke whispered
- 'It activated too early..'


Then suddenly,
A pulsewave exploded outward.


*BOOOOOOM*


The cabin windows shattered instantly,
The entire forest lit blue.


Birds flew screaming into the sky.
And deep in the woods,
A lantern appeared,
Watching...










The cabin door slammed open.
The unidentified Tori stood there holding a lantern.


- 'Tori...' - Uke terrified


- 'So this is where you've been hiding' - Tori with a firm tone.


Ukeko slowly turned toward Uke.
But something was wrong,
Her movement had become mechanical.


Violent. and rigid.
-'U...ke..' - she whispered


Nade suddenly collapsed to the floor screaming.


His spine twisted violently.
Rectangular armor-like plating spread across his torso.
His joints split into rotating spheres.


- 'HELP ME!' - Nade screamed


Tori froze in horror.


-' What the hell are you people?!' - Tori shouted


Then suddenly,
Ukeko lunged toward him.


Fast.
Too fast.
*BAM*


Tori slammed through the wooden wall.
But before impact, Blue energy exploded around him and Tori, slunged Ukeko back to the kitchen.


Everything froze, the particles in the room stopped moving.
Even the transforming Toris became still.
Except Tori, it escaped away from the house, into the deep forest.


Moments later..


Uke stared in disbelief.


"No..."
"The immunity gene actually survived..."


Suddenly Mi slowly stood up, shattering.


His eyes glowing blue,
but unlike the others,
Mi's body stayed human.


"Tell me what you did." - Mi coldly
"WHAT HAPPEND TO UKEKO AND NADE?! - Mi shouted
"AND WHY ARE WE THE ONLY ONE LOOKING LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE?" - Mi continued to shout..
"I-i can explain, just calm down first" - Uke nervously shaken


A deep silent crossed the kitchen room, plates all across the room, doors wide opened, whooden chips all acros the house.


Nade and Ukeko laying in two different corners in the kitchen room, unconscious...












Hours later..


Before I can show you what this is, we need to tighten Ukeko and Nade up - Uke spoke
We can't win over these two together, and believe me.. i've tried with... others... - Uke with shaken but firm voice


Deep underground, far away from the house.
Uke revealed everything.


- Long ago, Toribashia was ruled by endless war - Uke
- Corrupted kingdoms fought constantly, millions died - Uke


- So the military created Project Tori
- The perfect soldier,
- No fear, No pain, No hesitation.


- What do you mean by that, did they create a genetic form to bypass the humans limits? - Mi with a confused voice


Silence across the room, Uke starring at Mi...


- Bluebash was never meant to curse civilians. - Uke continued
- It was designed to create obedient military units,
but the first subject evolved.


- In what way, Uke? - Mi spoke


- The name "Tori", which was our first test subject learned, adapted and got smarter without us noticing it - Uke spoke


- What does "Tori" even mean? - Mi with a confused face


- The name "Tori" was the codeword for Agressive or Attacker
- It was the perfect form we've ever created.


- The first Tori escaped,
And disappeared. - Uke with slightly more silenced voice


"The Lantern Keeper..." - Uke whispered



I just can't understand all this..! Who are you, Uke?! - Mi


Mi demanded answers.
Why was I immune?
Why did the others transform?
Why did Uke know so much?


*Silence filled the laboratory*


Then Uke finally spoke.


- Ukeko was never born - Uke with calm voice


*Everything got silenced*


- What..? - Mi whispered
- She was created.. - Uke starring at Mi.


Uke revealed old hidden files.
Old recordings, Blueprints.
Memory storage experiments.


Artificial vessels.


Ukeko wasn’t his sister.
She was an artificial biological duplicate.


A backup consciousness vessel created in case Uke died and the military collapsed or if the Bluebash consumed civilization.


- You used her...?! — Mi furious
- NO! - Uke shouted
- At first... yes.
- But she became real to me - Uke with desperate voice


Then came the worst revelation.


- And you... - Uke looking at Mi
- ..Should not have existed - Uke with an angry voice


- What the actual fuck do you mean by that..?! - Mi going towards Uke


- You were born from an impossible biological reaction - Uke standing firm
- They wanted to kill you, AND CAN YOU GUESS WHY? - Uke shouted
- BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT YOU WERE A LOSSLESS, NUMBNESS SHIT.. - Uke continued to shout


Uke throws an old folder on the desk, next to Mi, which name stated "Subject 002" - M.I - "Memory Integration"


- You were a fusion between artificial vessel cells and stabilized Bluebash residue - Uke voiced firmed but calmly


*Mi looked confused, reading the headline of that old dusty folder*


- What the hell is this.. - Mi with a confused tone
- Who am I..?! - Mi confused and shouting




He wasn’t fully human.
Nor fully Tori.
He was the balance, something that Uke wanted to create - The perfect Tori-Human...